During an inclusive design workshop focused on developer tools hosted by design teams at Microsoft, a panel of developers with a variety of disabilities singled out notifications as a pain point when using VS Code.

Screen reader users mentioned a few key areas to be improved:

• How the notification announces itself (could be improved with audio cues as well)
• How to know there were actions/buttons on a notification
• How to reference the notification again when it disappears or is accidentally dismissed
• Understanding the severity of a notification and if it was something they needed to engage with right away

cc @meganrogge